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General Education

d) develop ethical sensitivity; and
e) synthesize ideas/ concepts from different disciplines.

Courses Offered
The GE courses selected to be offered in academic year 2021-22 are as follows:

Area 1: Chinese Culture in the 21st Century
Code Course Title Medium Credits Restriction(s)
GEA 101 Food and Nutrition in Chinese Culture English 3 Nil
GEA 103 The Origins and Transformation of East Cantonese 3 Nil
Asian Food Culture (EAFC)
GEA 104 Knowing Hong Kong through Historical Sites Cantonese 3 Nil
GEA 106 Mystery Tales of Ancient China and Creative Cantonese 3 Nil
Industries
GEA 107 Yin Yang Wu Xing and Its Creative Use in Cantonese 3 Nil
Contemporary Life
GEA 109 The Temporal-Spatial Theme of Feng Shui Cantonese 3 Nil
and Chinese Culture
GEA 110 Confucian Business Ethics in Modern World Cantonese 3 Nil
GEA 201 Chinese Medicine: Health Promotion and English 3 Nil
Disease Prevention
GEA 202 Urban Modernity in Chinese Cities: Hong Cantonese 3 Nil
Kong, Taipei and Shanghai
GEA 203 The Wisdom of Ancient Chinese Architecture English 3 Nil
GEA 204 Hong Kong Kung-fu Novels, Films and English 3 Nil
Chinese Culture
GEA 205 I Ching and Life Management Cantonese 3 Not for Year 3 and 4
students of CHI major

Area 2: Communication and Literacy
Code Course Title Medium Credits Restriction(s)
GEB 102 Media and Society English 3 Nil
GEB 103 Language of the Mass and Social Media English 3 Not for ENG major
GEB 104 Reasoning in the Cyber Age English 3 Not for SOC major and
students who have
taken SOC 150 Critical
Thinking
GEB 105 Communication and Storytelling English 3 Nil
GEB 106 Exploring Talents with Media Psychology English 3 Students shall not take
PSY 215
Cyberpsychology after
enrolling in this course
GEB 107 Predicting Human Behaviour with Big Data English 3 Nil
GEB 108 Appreciating Cantopop Lyrics Cantonese 3 Nil
GEB 110 Modern Animation and Story Writing Cantonese 3 Nil

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